Matthew A. Willard, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2000-2012 Physical Metallurgy U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States 
 2012- Materials Science and Engineering Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Heights, OH, United States 
Area:
magnetic materials and nanostructured alloys
Website:
http://engineering.case.edu/profiles/maw169

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2020 Thomas SV, Willard MA, Martone A, Heben MJ, Solomon CV, Welton A, Boolchand P, Ewing RC, Wang C, Bud'ko SL, Shi D. Processing of Soft Magnetic Fine Powders Directly From As-Spun Partial Crystalline Fe77Ni5.5Co5.5Zr7B4Cu Ribbon via Ball Mill Without Devitrification Ieee Transactions On Magnetics. 56: 1-9. DOI: 10.1109/Tmag.2020.2984967  0.593
2020 Xia J, Lewandowski JJ, Willard MA. Tension and fatigue behavior of Al-2124A/SiC-particulate metal matrix composites Materials Science and Engineering: A. 770: 138518. DOI: 10.1016/J.Msea.2019.138518  0.31
2020 Lan S, Willard MA. Structural, thermal, and magnetic properties of Fe79Mo B20−Cu1 magnetic amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 496: 165952. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jmmm.2019.165952  0.806
2020 Thomas SV, Willard MA, Martone A, Heben MJ, Solomon V, Welton A, Boolchand P, Ewing RC, Wang C, Bud'ko SL, Song J, Shi D. Nanocrystallites via Direct Melt Spinning of Fe 77 Ni 5.5 Co 5.5 Zr 7 B 4 Cu for Enhanced Magnetic Softness Physica Status Solidi (a). 217: 1900680. DOI: 10.1002/Pssa.201900680  0.498
2019 Szymanski NJ, Adhikari V, Willard MA, Sarin P, Gall D, Khare SV. Prediction of improved magnetization and stability in Fe16N2 through alloying Journal of Applied Physics. 126: 093903. DOI: 10.1063/1.5109571  0.557
2019 Zhan X, Daniil M, Liu X, Willard MA, Akolkar R, Ernst F. Effect of tungsten alloying on magnetic properties of amorphous Ni-P Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 786: 742-749. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jallcom.2019.01.109  0.576
2018 Martone A, Dong B, Lan S, Willard MA. Iron-rich (Fe1-x-yNixCoy)88Zr7B4Cu1nanocrystalline magnetic materials for high temperature applications with minimal magnetostriction Aip Advances. 8: 056126. DOI: 10.1063/1.5007726  0.852
2018 Dong B, Healy J, Lan S, Daniil M, Willard MA. Computational alloy design of (Co1-xNix)88Zr7B4Cu1 nanocomposite soft magnets Aip Advances. 8: 056124. DOI: 10.1063/1.5007248  0.82
2018 Huguet L, Van Orman JA, Hauck SA, Willard MA. Earth's inner core nucleation paradox Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 487: 9-20. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2018.01.018  0.354
2015 Franco V, Béron F, Pirota KR, Knobel M, Willard MA. Characterization of the magnetic interactions of multiphase magnetocaloric materials using first-order reversal curve analysis Journal of Applied Physics. 117. DOI: 10.1063/1.4919121  0.362
2015 Knipling KE, Daniil M, Willard MA. Nanocrystalline Fe88-2 xCoxNixZr7B4Cu1 alloys: Soft magnets for vehicle electrification technologies (invited) Journal of Applied Physics. 117. DOI: 10.1063/1.4914118  0.65
2015 Daniil M, Fonda HM, Willard MA. Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of (Fe,Si,Al)-Based Nanocomposite Magnets Designed for Cryogenic Applications Metallurgical and Materials Transactions E. 2: 139-145. DOI: 10.1007/S40553-015-0051-Z  0.549
2014 Jiménez-Villacorta F, Marion J, Oldham J, Daniil M, Willard M, Lewis L. Magnetism-Structure Correlations during the ε→τ Transformation in Rapidly-Solidified MnAl Nanostructured Alloys Metals. 4: 8-19. DOI: 10.3390/met4010008  0.432
2014 Daniil M, Knipling KE, Fonda HM, Willard MA. Non-equilibrium materials design: A case study of nanostructured soft magnets for cryogenic applications New Journal of Physics. 16. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/5/055016  0.606
2013 Rong CB, Wang D, Nguyen VV, Daniil M, Willard MA, Zhang Y, Kramer MJ, Liu JP. Effect of selective Co addition on magnetic properties of Nd 2(FeCo)14B/α-Fe nanocomposite magnets Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 46. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/4/045001  0.563
2013 Wehrenberg C, Daniil M, Willard M, Zande B, Sankar S, Thadhani N. Nanoscale anisotropic Nd-Fe-B particles with high coercivity prepared by attrition milling Applied Physics Letters. 102. DOI: 10.1063/1.4808434  0.416
2013 Willard MA, Daniil M. Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Alloys Two Decades of Progress Handbook of Magnetic Materials. 21: 173-342. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59593-5.00004-0  0.507
2013 Willard MA, Franco V. The role of microstructure and processing on magnetic properties of materials Jom. 65: 851-852. DOI: 10.1007/S11837-013-0621-4  0.558
2012 Jiménez-Villacorta F, Marion JL, Sepehrifar T, Daniil M, Willard MA, Lewis LH. Exchange anisotropy in the nanostructured MnAl system Applied Physics Letters. 100. DOI: 10.1063/1.3695153  0.493
2012 Bhattacharya S, Lass EA, Poon SJ, Shiflet GJ, Rawlings M, Daniil M, Willard MA. Magnetic properties and thermal stability of (Fe,Co)-Mo-B-P-Si metallic glasses Journal of Applied Physics. 111. DOI: 10.1063/1.3692389  0.516
2012 Daniil M, Minter L, Willard MA. Structure and magnetic properties of Pr 10(Fe,Co,Ni) 84B 6 nanocomposite alloys Journal of Applied Physics. 111. DOI: 10.1063/1.3676233  0.504
2012 Brandes MC, Daniil M, Willard MA. Synthesis and characterization of Nd 4xFe 72Co 5Ga 2B 17-x nanocomposite ribbons Journal of Applied Physics. 111. DOI: 10.1063/1.3673810  0.564
2012 Paticopoulos SC, Caballero-Flores R, Franco V, Blázquez JS, Conde A, Knipling KE, Willard MA. Enhancement of the magnetocaloric effect in composites: Experimental validation Solid State Communications. 152: 1590-1594. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ssc.2012.05.015  0.53
2012 Willard MA, Daniil M, Kniping KE. Nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials at high temperatures: A perspective Scripta Materialia. 67: 554-559. DOI: 10.1016/J.Scriptamat.2011.12.043  0.535
2011 Torres KL, Daniil M, Willard MA, Thompson GB. The influence of voxel size on atom probe tomography data. Ultramicroscopy. 111: 464-8. PMID 21664541 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ultramic.2011.01.001  0.444
2011 Gutfleisch O, Willard MA, Brück E, Chen CH, Sankar SG, Liu JP. Magnetic materials and devices for the 21st century: stronger, lighter, and more energy efficient. Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). 23: 821-42. PMID 21294168 DOI: 10.1002/Adma.201002180  0.384
2011 Caballero-Flores R, Franco V, Conde A, Knipling KE, Willard MA. Optimization of the refrigerant capacity in multiphase magnetocaloric materials Applied Physics Letters. 98. DOI: 10.1063/1.3560445  0.5
2011 Franco V, Caballero-Flores R, Conde A, Knipling KE, Willard MA. Magnetocaloric effect and critical exponents of Fe77Co 5.5Ni5.5Zr7B4Cu1: A detailed study Journal of Applied Physics. 109. DOI: 10.1063/1.3535191  0.405
2010 Harris VG, Chen Y, Yang A, Yoon S, Chen Z, Geiler AL, Gao J, Chinnasamy CN, Lewis LH, Vittoria C, Carpenter EE, Carroll KJ, Goswami R, Willard MA, Kurihara L, et al. High coercivity cobalt carbide nanoparticles processed via polyol reaction: A new permanent magnet material Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 43. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/16/165003  0.721
2010 Daniil M, Ohodnicki PR, McHenry ME, Willard MA. Shear band formation and fracture behavior of nanocrystalline (Co,Fe)-based alloys Philosophical Magazine. 90: 1547-1565. DOI: 10.1080/14786430903405512  0.701
2010 Caballero-Flores R, Franco V, Conde A, Knipling KE, Willard MA. Influence of Co and Ni addition on the magnetocaloric effect in Fe 88-2x Cox Nix Zr7 B4 Cu1 soft magnetic amorphous alloys Applied Physics Letters. 96. DOI: 10.1063/1.3427439  0.59
2010 Daniil M, Osofsky MS, Gubser DU, Willard MA. (Fe,Si,Al)-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys for cryogenic applications Applied Physics Letters. 96. DOI: 10.1063/1.3402775  0.556
2010 Laughlin DE, Willard MA, McHenry ME. ChemInform Abstract: Magnetic Ordering: Some Structural Aspects Cheminform. 31: no-no. DOI: 10.1002/chin.200046247  0.328
2009 Knipling KE, Daniil M, Willard MA. Fe-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys for high-temperature applications Applied Physics Letters. 95. DOI: 10.1063/1.3268471  0.621
2009 Knipling KE, Daniil M, Willard MA. Partitioning behavior of Al and Si in FINEMET nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys, as studied by atom-probe tomography Microscopy and Microanalysis. 15: 266-267. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927609095567  0.453
2009 Ohodnicki PR, Qin YL, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME, Kodzuka M, Ohkubo T, Hono K, Willard MA. Composition and non-equilibrium crystallization in partially devitrified co-rich soft magnetic nanocomposite alloys Acta Materialia. 57: 87-96. DOI: 10.1016/J.Actamat.2008.08.051  0.776
2009 Willard MA, Daniil M. Nanostructured soft magnetic materials Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Applications. 373-397. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85600-1_13  0.37
2008 Yoon SD, Baraskar AK, Geiler A, Yang A, Pettiford C, Sun NX, Goswami R, Willard MA, Vittoria C, Harris VG. Microwave, magnetic, and structural properties of nanocrystalline exchange-coupled Ni11 Co11 Fe66 Zr7 B4 Cu1 films for high frequency applications Journal of Applied Physics. 103. DOI: 10.1063/1.2899094  0.714
2008 Baraskar AK, Chen Y, Yoon SD, Chinnasamy CN, Sun N, Vittoria C, Harris VG, Heil T, Willard M. Structural and magnetic properties of ball-milled Ni11 Co11 Fe66 Zr7 B4 Cu powders Journal of Applied Physics. 103. DOI: 10.1063/1.2839315  0.724
2008 Ohodnicki PR, Park SY, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME, Keylin V, Willard MA. Crystallization and thermomagnetic treatment of a Co-rich Co-Fe-Ni-Zr-B-Cu based nanocomposite alloy Journal of Applied Physics. 103. DOI: 10.1063/1.2834400  0.791
2008 Daniil M, Willard MA. Structure and magnetic properties of CoFeZrMBCu soft nanocrystalline alloys Journal of Applied Physics. 103. DOI: 10.1063/1.2834396  0.633
2008 Goswami R, Willard MA. Microstructure evolution in rapidly solidified ferromagnetic (Co0.95Fe0.05)89Zr7B4 nanocrystalline alloys Scripta Materialia. 59: 459-462. DOI: 10.1016/J.Scriptamat.2008.04.030  0.517
2007 Heil TM, Wahl KJ, Lewis AC, Mattison JD, Willard MA. Nanocrystalline soft magnetic ribbons with high relative strain at fracture Applied Physics Letters. 90. DOI: 10.1063/1.2742598  0.537
2007 Willard MA, Heil TM. Cryogenic hysteretic loss analysis for (Fe,Co,Ni)-Zr-B-Cu nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys Journal of Applied Physics. 101. DOI: 10.1063/1.2714187  0.573
2007 Baraskar AK, Yoon SD, Geiler A, Yang A, Chinnasamy CN, Chen Y, Sun N, Vittoria C, Goswami R, Willard M, Harris VG. Pulsed laser ablation deposition of nanocrystalline exchange-coupled Ni11 Co11 Fe67-x Zr7 B4 Cux (x=0,1) films for planar inductor applications Journal of Applied Physics. 101. DOI: 10.1063/1.2712055  0.692
2007 Heil TM, Willard MA, Flores JJ. Structure and magnetic properties of Co-rich nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys with low coercivity Journal of Applied Physics. 101. DOI: 10.1063/1.2711163  0.635
2007 Heil TM, Willard MA, Reynolds WT. The effects of composition and aging on the martensite and magnetic transformations in Ni-Fe-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloys Metallurgical and Materials Transactions a: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 38: 752-758. DOI: 10.1007/S11661-007-9098-5  0.569
2007 Ramanujan RV, Willard MA, Reynolds WT, Laughlin DE. Symposium on phase transformations in magnetic materials: Foreword Metallurgical and Materials Transactions a: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 38: 716. DOI: 10.1007/S11661-006-9086-1  0.595
2007 Willard MA, Heil TM, Goswami R. Phase formation in isothermally annealed (Co0.95 Fe0.05)89Zr7B4 nanocrystalline alloys Metallurgical and Materials Transactions a: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science. 38: 725-731. DOI: 10.1007/S11661-006-9065-6  0.52
2006 Joshi S, Yoon SD, Yang A, Sun NX, Vittoria C, Harris VG, Goswami R, Willard M, Shi N. Structure and magnetism of nanocrystalline exchange-coupled (Ni 0.67Co 0.25Fe 0.08) 89-xZr 7B 4Cu x (x=0,1) films Journal of Applied Physics. 99. DOI: 10.1063/1.2176909  0.76
2006 Swaminathan R, Willard MA, McHenry ME. Experimental observations and nucleation and growth theory of polyhedral magnetic ferrite nanoparticles synthesized using an RF plasma torch Acta Materialia. 54: 807-816. DOI: 10.1016/J.Actamat.2005.10.015  0.646
2005 Willard MA, Francavilla T, Goswami R, Harris VG. Nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys for space applications Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 851: 171-176. DOI: 10.1557/Proc-851-Nn5.2  0.663
2005 Willard MA, Francavilla T, Harris VG. Core-loss analysis of an (Fe, Co, Ni)-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy Journal of Applied Physics. 97. DOI: 10.1063/1.1847333  0.718
2005 Heil TM, Reynolds WT, Willard MA, Sullivan MR, Huntington MD, Chopra HD. Effects of annealing on the martensite and magnetic transformations in A Ni-Fe-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy Proceedings of An International Conference On Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2005. 2: 221-226.  0.432
2004 Willard MA, Kurihara LK, Carpenter EE, Calvin S, Harris VG. Chemically prepared magnetic nanoparticles International Materials Reviews. 49: 125-170. DOI: 10.1179/095066004225021882  0.598
2004 Claassen JH, Willard MA, Francavilla TL, Harris VG. Inductive measurements of magnetic properties of ribbon materials Review of Scientific Instruments. 75: 2817-2821. DOI: 10.1063/1.1783597  0.57
2003 Chen CH, Kodat S, Walmer MH, Cheng SF, Willard MA, Harris VG. Effects of grain size and morphology on the coercivity of Sm2(Co1-xFex)17 based powders and spin cast ribbons Journal of Applied Physics. 93: 7966-7968. DOI: 10.1063/1.1558272  0.606
2002 Willard MA, Johnson F, Claassen JH, Stroud RM, McHenry ME, Harris VG. Soft magnetic nanocrystalline alloys for high temperature applications Materials Transactions. 43: 2000-2005. DOI: 10.2320/Matertrans.43.2000  0.78
2002 Willard MA, Claassen JC, Stroud RM, Francavilla TL, Harris VG. (Ni,Fe,Co)-based nanocrystalline soft magnets with near-zero magnetostriction Ieee Transactions On Magnetics. 38: 3045-3050. DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.802435  0.464
2002 Raphael MP, Ravel B, Huang Q, Willard MA, Cheng SF, Das BN, Stroud RM, Bussmann KM, Claassen JH, Harris VG. Presence of antisite disorder and its characterization in the predicted half-metal Co2MnSi Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 66: 1044291-1044296. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.66.104429  0.586
2002 Claassen JH, Willard MA, Harris VG. A simple system to measure magnetostriction in soft magnetic materials Review of Scientific Instruments. 73: 3265. DOI: 10.1063/1.1497498  0.567
2002 Willard MA, Claassen JH, Stroud RM, Harris VG. Structure and magnetic properties of (Co,Fe)-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials Journal of Applied Physics. 91: 8420-8422. DOI: 10.1063/1.1453946  0.75
2002 Willard MA, Harris VG. Soft magnetic materials: Nanocrystalline alloys from amorphous precursors Jom. 54: 44-46. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02822620  0.696
2002 Willard MA, Claassen JC, Stroud RM, Francavilla TL, Harris VG. (Ni, Fe, Co)-based nanocrystalline soft magnets with near zero magnetostriction Digests of the Intermag Conference. DC03.  0.464
2001 Willard MA, Claassen JH, Harris VG. Magnetic and structural properties of amorphous and nanocrystalline FeNi-based alloys Proceedings of the Ieee Conference On Nanotechnology. 2001: 51-55. DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2001.966392  0.513
2001 De Graef M, Willard MA, McHenry ME, Zhu Y. In-situ Lorentz TEM cooling study of magnetic domain configurations in Ni2MnGa Ieee Transactions On Magnetics. 37: 2663-2666. DOI: 10.1109/20.951267  0.673
2001 De Graef M, Willard MA, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME. Lorentz microscopy observations of a nanocrystalline Fe44Co44Zr7B4Cu1 alloy Ieee Transactions On Magnetics. 37: 2343-2346. DOI: 10.1109/20.951167  0.744
2001 Tamoria MR, Carpenter EE, Miller MM, Claassen JH, Das BN, Stroud RM, Kurihara LK, Everett RK, Willard MA, Hsiao AC, McHenry ME, Harris VG. Magnetism, structure and the effects of thermal aging on (Fe1-xMnx)73.5Si13.5 B9Nb3Cu1 alloys Ieee Transactions On Magnetics. 37: 2264-2267. DOI: 10.1109/20.951143  0.83
2001 Johnson F, Hughes P, Gallagher R, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME, Willard MA, Harris VG. Structure and thermomagnetic properties of new FeCo-based nanocrystalline ferromagnets Ieee Transactions On Magnetics. 37: 2261-2263. DOI: 10.1109/20.951142  0.786
2001 Kopcewicz M, Grabias A, Willard MA, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME. Mössbauer measurements for a nanocrystalline Fe44Co44Zr7B4Cu1 alloy Ieee Transactions On Magnetics. 37: 2226-2228. DOI: 10.1109/20.951131  0.724
2001 Raphael MP, Ravel B, Willard MA, Cheng SF, Das BN, Stroud RM, Bussmann KM, Claassen JH, Harris VG. Magnetic, structural, and transport properties of thin film and single crystal Co2MnSi Applied Physics Letters. 79: 4396-4398. DOI: 10.1063/1.1428625  0.61
2001 Ping DH, Wu YQ, Hono K, Willard MA, McHenry ME, Laughlin DE. Microstructural characterization of (Fe>f>0.5Co0.5)88Zr7 B4Cu1 nanocrystalline alloys Scripta Materialia. 45: 781-786. DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6462(01)01096-X  0.692
2000 Willard MA, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME. Recent advances in the development of (Fe,Co)88M7B4Cu1 magnets (invited) Journal of Applied Physics. 87: 7091-7096. DOI: 10.1063/1.372941  0.741
2000 McHenry ME, Willard MA, Laughlin DE. HITPERM nanocrystalline soft magnets Digests of the Intermag Conference. BA-05.  0.611
1999 Hsiao A, Turgut Z, Willard MA, Selinger E, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME, Hasegawa R. Crystallization and nanocrystallization kinetics of Fe-based amorphous alloys Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings. 577: 551-556. DOI: 10.1557/Proc-577-551  0.796
1999 Hawley ME, Brown GW, Thoma DJ, Willard MA, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME. Magnetic force microscopy study of new nanocrystalline soft magnetic ribbons Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings. 577: 531-541. DOI: 10.1557/Proc-577-531  0.698
1999 Willard MA, Gingras M, Lee MJ, Harris VG, Laughlin DE, Mchenry ME. Magnetic Properties of Hitperm (Fe,Co)88Zr7B4Cu1 Nanocrystalline Magnets (Invited) Mrs Proceedings. 577. DOI: 10.1557/Proc-577-469  0.805
1999 Willard MA, Nakamura Y, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME. Magnetic properties of ordered and disordered spinel-phase ferrimagnets Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 82: 3342-3346. DOI: 10.1111/J.1151-2916.1999.Tb02249.X  0.716
1999 Willard MA, Huang MQ, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME, Cross JO, Harris VG, Franchetti C. Magnetic properties of HITPERM (Fe, Co)88Zr7B4Cu1 magnets Journal of Applied Physics. 85: 4421-4423. DOI: 10.1063/1.369804  0.812
1999 Gallagher KA, Willard MA, Zabenkin VN, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME. Distributed exchange interactions and temperature dependent magnetization in amorphous Fe88 - XCoxZr7B4Cu1 alloys Journal of Applied Physics. 85: 5130-5132. DOI: 10.1063/1.369100  0.728
1999 McHenry ME, Willard MA, Laughlin DE. Amorphous and nanocrystalline materials for applications as soft magnets Progress in Materials Science. 44: 291-433. DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6425(99)00002-X  0.711
1999 McHenry ME, Willard MA, Iwanabe H, Sutton RA, Turgut Z, Hsiao A, Laughlin DE. Nanocrystalline materials for high temperature soft magnetic applications: a current prospectus Bulletin of Materials Science. 22: 495-501. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02749961  0.811
1999 Willard MA, Gingras M, Lee MJ, Harris VG, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME. Magnetic properties of hitperm (fe,co)8gzr,b. cu. nanocrystalline magnets (invited) Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings. 577: 469-479.  0.641
1998 Willard MA, Laughlin DE, McHenry ME, Thoma D, Sickafus K, Cross JO, Harris VG. Structure and magnetic properties of (Fe0.5Co0.5)88Zr7B 4Cu1 nanocrystalline alloys Journal of Applied Physics. 84: 6773-6777. DOI: 10.1063/1.369007  0.783
1997 Wong BY, Willard M, Laughlin DE. Domain wall pinning sites in Sm(CoFeCuZr)x magnets Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 169: 178-192. DOI: 10.1016/S0304-8853(96)00719-6  0.537
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